"Japan as Client State"
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English - October 22, 2007 21:00 - 46 minutes - 75.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCourses Education News international studies area studies international politics foreign policy world affairs south asia latin america middle east east asia east europe Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A workshop with Gavan McCormack, Professor Emeritus, Australian National University and author of Client State (Verso, 2007). The world's No. 2 power is a paradox. McCormack argues, following his recent book, that understanding of Japan has to begin from grasping its fundamental contradiction, as a 'client state'. Since the end of the Cold War, US pressure has been steadily applied to bring Japan in line with neoliberal principles, including comprehensive institutional reform and a thorough revamp of the security and defense relationship between the two countries. The politics of national assertiveness. Co-sponsor: Center for East Asian Studies.